Canton Protocol Strategic Alliance Treaty

The Canton Protocol Strategic Alliance Treaty (CSAT) is a strategic alliance of partner states in Asia, South America, and North Africa that served as an eastern counterpart to NATO during the mid-21st century. The alliance was built upon the goals of mutual defense, expanded global influence, and sustained economic growth, and it rose in prominence in the 2020s as a result of the economic crisis and civil unrest in Western Europe. The CSAT shared technology and armed forces, and in 2035 the CSAT extended membership to the republic of Altis during its conflict with the NATO-backed Freedom and Independence Army (FIA) rebels. Most of the soldiers deployed to Altis were Iranian, with a mechanized brigade-sized force (the "Griffin Regiment") under Colonel Vahid Namdar being deployed to Altis to fight alongside the government. On the island of Tanoa in the Pacific Ocean, People's Liberation Army troops from China provided the bulk of the CSAT peacekeepers.